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APPLICATION man. EEB. 1. 1917.

Patented May 7,1918.

TTaWf/vgy "t l t' CHESTER WAJLBRJDGE BURNHAM, OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOJEL TO ONEIHA COMMUNITY, LIMITED, OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F N EW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May t, 3Min..

Application led February Jl, 1917. Serial JN o. 145,904.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, CHESTER W. BURN- HAM, a citizen of the United States of .America, and resident of Oneida, in the county of Madison, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in boxes peculiarly adapted for containing and displaying ware, such as plated or silver tableware and hollow ware, comprising spoons, forks, knives, dishes and the like, manicure pieces, cutlery, jewelry, toilet ware, and small tools.

The primary object of the invention is to produce a box of neat and pleasing appearance for containing the ware durlng shipment or storage, and at the same time adapted for rearrangement to eectively display the ware, as in a counter or window display.

A further object is to produce a friction grip between the parts of the box, both in ware-containing and ware-displaying condition to prevent relative movement and accidental separation of the same.

Another advantage resides in the feature of construction by which the parts of the box may be readily separated withoutr the provision of thumb-holes or the like, destroying the continuity of the structureand giving it an unsightly appearance.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the box in ware-containing condition.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bottom of the box.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the box in ware-displaying condition.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4, Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5, Fig. 3.

The box, as shown, comprises broadly a bottom 1 and a cover 2 the bottom adapted to nest or telescope withirr the cover.

As shown, the bottom comprises a central plate-like portion 3- formed of cardboard or other suitable material having upper and lower side portions -4- and 5 paneled or projecting upwardly and downwardly, respectively, therefrom. i

The upper portion 4- in ware-containing condition of the box is adapted to nest within the cover Q and may be formed, as shown, of side and end portions 6- and 7 respectively, of wood or other Suitable material, and a cap plate 8-, preferably of pasteboard or similar material having 4 a, central opening 9- cut or otherwise formed therein and-of the configuration desired for receiving and displayin a predetermined piece of ware.

he cap 8- and the side and end portions 6 and 7- are preferably covered with a suitable fabric 10 as velvet, having a portion inset within the recess f 9 for receiving the piece of ware, and its marginal portion wrappedA around the side and end parts 6 and 7 respectively, and positioned between said parts and the plate 3 and secured to the plate and to said parts in any suitable way, as by adhesive.

rlhe lower side portion or panel 5 may be formed of a sheet of cardboard or other suitable material secured to the plate 3 in any suitable manner, as by adhesive.

The parts 4 and 5- are of approximately the same width and length so that either is adapted to nest within the cover 2 while the plate 3 is of greater width and length than the parts 4- and 5 and projects outwardly from the cover Q which, as shown, embodies side and end walls 11-- and 12 respectively, and a top wall 13 The frictional grip of the fabric 10 upon the interior of the side and end walls 11- and 12- is of such a character as to normally resist the separation of the cover and bottom to an extent under ordinary conditions suicient to retain the parts in warecontaining condition', the projecting edge portions of the plate 3 forming an elticient grip, permitting the easy separation of the parts when desired without the formation of thumb-holes or the like.

For the purpose of displaying the ware in a counteror window display, the cover may be discarded and the bottom alone used, but preferably the cover is inverted and the panel or lower side portion -5 is nested within the cover to prevent relative lateral or longitudinal movement of the parts.

In this arrangement, theprojccting edges of the part -3- hide the joints between the boxes, effecting a complete unit display and giving the appearance of practically an en tire velvet boX.

Although I have-shown and described a specific form of boX and specific details of construction as perhaps preferable, I do not desire to limit myself to the same, as various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts of the box without departing from the spirit of this invention as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. In a boX, a bottom comprising an intermediate plate and lower and upper panel portions projecting downwardly and -upwardly, respectively, therefrom, said panels being of substantially the same width and length, the upper panel portion having a. fabric covering extending over side walls of said panel portions, and a cover telesccped outside of said upper panel portion and frictionallyengaged with said fabric and having its lower edge in substantial contact with said intermediate plate.

2. In a boX, a body section comprising a plate-like member, a panel projecting upwardly therefrom, said panel having a fabric covering extending over side walls ofsaid panel, and a cover portion adapted to telescope outside of said panel and frictionally engage with said fabric with its lower edge in substantial contact with said plate-like member, and a second panel projecting downwardly from said plate-like member and adapted to telescope within said cover portion when the latter is inverted.

3. A boX comprising a cover, a bottom having an upper projecting portion adapted to nest within the cover and comprising a cap provided with an opening and having a covering of fabric inset within the opening, and a laterally extending flange upon the bottom limiting the relative nesting movement of the cover and the bottom, said bottom provided with a lower portion beneath said flange and of substantially the same length and width as the upper portion of said bottom.

4. In a boX, a bottom comprising an intermediate plate and lower and upper panel portions projecting downwardly and upwardly, respectively, therefrom, said panels being of substantially the same width and length, one of said panels having an inset portion and a fabric covering extending over the upper surface and Side walls of said panel, and a cover telescopcd outside of said panel and frictionally engaged with said fabric and having its lower edge in substantial contact with said intermediate plate.

In witness whereof I have hereunto sel my hand this 19th day of January, 1917.

C HE STER WAABRIDGE BUltiIlAill.

Witnesses:

E. F. KITENDAUGII, E. IVI. SANTRY. 

